In the last few years, after a 30-year career as a nature and landscape photographer, I have combined my two passions: photography and gardening. Sometimes, I start my day with a camera and other times, I start with secateurs. More than ever, I am dependent on the weather, earth, and soil. Taking time to see beauty is a daily practice.I use a Sony A6500, a 17-70 mm Sony lens, a 75-300mm Sony lens, and a 90 mm macro lens.I photograph with available sunlight only. 

Shai Ginott is a biologist by training and a self-educated photographer. She began her photographic career as a landscape photographer at the Israel Nature Reserve Authority. Shai also graduated from Environmental Learning and photo-therapy program, in Jerusalem.Her photographs have appeared in photo-poetry books and other media. In 2021 she curated the nature exhibition “Global Nature. Local Nature” at Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv.Selected Professional Experience1990-2013 Teaches and leads various photography workshops and is a guest lecturer worldwide. Selected BooksNight, 2013Field of Vision,  2008Landscape Within, 2004Spiritual Landscape,  1999Israel, 1998Spectacular Israel, Editor. 1998Israel Das Heilige Land, 1996A Place In The Heart, Jerusalem, 1995Echoes of a Landscape, 1992The flowers love you too, 1987Awards2024 Winner of the 24th Julia Camron Awards, Nature category, single images, and series.1993 Gold Prize at the Jerusalem International Book Fair (Echoes of a Landscape)1989 Israel's Best Nature Photographer (Israel Photographic Magazine)

Professional roles: Curator, Lecturer, Photographer

Location: Israel